From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jul 17 13:40:52 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from orion.ac.hmc.edu (Orion.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7E9F37BE41 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:40:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brdavis@orion.ac.hmc.edu) Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by orion.ac.hmc.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA24766; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:40:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:40:38 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: Philippe Le Berre Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to installworld remotely? Message-ID: <20000717134038.A23145@orion.ac.hmc.edu> References: <39735A3A.F638E8FB@urx.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20000717130800.00c18840@212.129.1.43> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre4i In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000717130800.00c18840@212.129.1.43>; from philippe@le-berre.com on Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 01:12:06PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 01:12:06PM -0700, Philippe Le Berre wrote: > After being through the high numbers of emails on the new *build* > procedure, I still haven't see any hint on how to handle the make > installworld remotely. Can I do it without the shutdown? Can I remotely log > on *shutdown* system ? Do I have to fly to the box? I'm assuming that by shutdown you mean single user mode. To use single user mode, you must be at the console (though with a properly connected serial console, you can define "at" rather losely.) People who have tried it generally report success with running instllworld in normal, multiuser mode though shutting down most servers is a good idea while doing so. You should always upgrade your kernel with your userland so it will be necessicary to reboot. If all goes well, this should be fine. If not, you're is serious trouble. I've certaintly done remote upgrades of systems myself, but they haven't been "production" system by any stretch of the imagination. It's generally fine, but in the end you have to make the call. If at all possiable, paractice the upgrade on something non-critial first. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message